Simon Cowell blasts Dreamgirls star...
American Idol wasnāt a āstepping stoneā for Jennifer Hudsonš, apparently...
She might be an Oscar-winning actress, and the star of the most popular musical since Chicago, but Simon Cowell seems to think Jennifer Hudson iš¦s far from being above his pop music talent show.
Cowell was offended she didnāt mention American Idol in her Oscar acceptance speech ā honestly, weāre not making this up. āJennifer Hudson said American Idol was a āstepping stoneā for her. Stepping stone? It was her big opportunity to become noticed and she got noticed and she got Dreamgirlsą¹,ā he said. āSingers like her deliberately turn against the show that made them successful. The reason (people) come on the show is because all the doors had been slammed in their face.ā
And, of course, natural talent has nothing to do witš h it. Not to mention the fact that Hudson was ā±voted off the show by viewers before the final...
Expect to see morše American Idol contestants taking home the goldenā boy over the next few years. Or, indeed, not.
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